Issue details

The project is for Construction of a Waste Management Centre to the northeast of Blandford Forum, Dorset, to provide a Household Recycling Centre and Waste Transfer Station with access off the A350.  The current WTS in Blandford is an adapted grain store which forms part of a combined site adjacent to the HRC. The site is small and is in poor condition offering little scope for improvements in processing efficiency and landfill disposal diversion. The Blandford Waste Management Centre is being project managed by Assets and Property on behalf of Dorset Council’s waste services.

The need for a replacement WMC in the Blandford area was identified by Dorset Council’s Waste Services (formally the Dorset Waste Partnership) and several sites were put forward for consideration as part of the Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Dorset Waste Plan 2019. 

Cabinet – 28 January 2025

Tender & Procure approval – Decision

1. That Cabinet approve the award of a contract to construct and develop a new waste management centre at Blandford, using Dorset Highways Works Term Service Contract within the approved capital funding.

2. That Authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Place in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place Services and the Section 151 Officer to agree the contract terms.